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2012-13 Men's Golf Roster

Ben Kilborn

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bloomington, Ill.
  • Highschool University

Biography

Career Chip Shots
Rounds - 105
Strokes (total) - 8,175
Strokes (average) - 77.9
Best Round - 69 at The Summit League Championships (April 23-24, 2012)
Best Finish - T4th at The Summit League Championships (April 23-24, 2012)

At Western Illinois
2012-13 (Senior Season): 2013 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll...Played in all 35 rounds with a stroke average of 77.3... best finish came at the Leathernecks' home meet where he finished tied for 11th... his 11th-place finish also marked his season-best score of 222 (75-73-74)... best round of the season came in the Benbow Invitational when he fired a 72 in the second round... had both a top 20 and top 15 finish... finished 21 of his 30 rounds in the 70s which tied for a team-best.

2011-12 (Junior Season): 2012 Summit League All-Tournament Team...2012 Winter/Spring Academic All-Summit League Distinguished Scholar... played in all 32 rounds with a stroke average of 74.4... best finish came at the Summit League Championship where he tied for fourth and was named All-Tournament Team... shot a three round low of 211 (74, 69, 69) in Primm, Nev... shot a career-low of 69 on three occasions... had a top 20, top 15, top ten and a top five finish... shot 23 rounds in the 70s and three in the 60s.

2010-11 (Sophomore Season): 2011 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Selection... named to the 2010-11 Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence... played in 25 rounds in nine tournaments and carried a stroke average of 79.0 per round... shot a season-low round of 73 on three occasions... shot 11 rounds in the 70's... season low for three-rounds was 223 at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate. 
2009-10 (Freshman Season): Played 13 rounds in five tournaments with a stroke average of 80.1 per round... shot a career-best round of 72 at the Beu/Mussatto Invitational.

High School
Placed 16th individually to help Normal University win its sixth-consecutive IHSA State Championship during senior season...played under dad, Harldand Kilborn, at Normal University...named all-conference during junior and senior seasons...recorded 10 top-5 finishes throughout career...won Pepsi Little People's Collegiate Division during summer.

Personal
Born July 10, 1990...son of Harland and Eileen Kilborn...majoring in RPTA.

2012-13 Results
Date Tournament Score Place

Sept. 10-11 Fairway Club Invitational 77-77-79--233 (T31st)
Sept. 22-23 D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate 81-77-76--234 (T52nd)
Oct. 1-2 Jim Colbert Intercollegiate 81-89-77--247 (T41st)
Oct. 6-7 John Dallio Memorial 83-77-79--239 (T54th)
Oct. 15-16 Kansas City Invitational 80-73-78--231 (T62)
Feb. 11-12 The Farms Collegiate Invitational 74-80-78--232 (T36th)
March 11-12 Benbow Invitational 78-72--150 (T20th)
March 16-17 Mission Inn Spring Spectacular 80-75-74--229 (T47th)
March 29-30 Beu/Mussatto Invitational 75-73-74--222 (T11th)
April 6-7 NYX Hoosier Invitational 74-78-72--224 (T38th)
April 15-16 Kemper Sports Intercollegiate 80-75-73--228 (T45)
April 22-24 The Summit League Championships 76-81-81--238 (T28th)

2011-12 Results
Date Tournament Score Place

Sept. 12-13 Fairway Club Invitational 81-72-78--231 (T21st)
Sept. 19-20 Kansas Invitational 78-74-80--232 (T46th)
Oct. 1-2 D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate 76-72-73--221 (T11th)
Oct. 8-9 John Dallio Memorial 79-79-75--233 (T40th)
Oct. 17-18 F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate 78-76-71--225 (T70th)
Feb. 13-14 Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational 75-76--151 (T36th)
March 19-20 UCF Rio Pinar Invitational 75-73-72--220 (T28th)
April 2-3 Beu/Mussatto Invitational 73-76-73--222 (T15th)
April 7-8 NYX Hoosier Invitational 76-69-74--219 (T30th)
April 13-14 Detroit Titans Invitational 70-75-72--217 (9th)
April 23-23 The Summit League Championships 73-69-69--211 (T4th)

2010-11 Results
Date Tournament Score Place

Oct. 18-19 F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate 77-73-73--223 (T71st)
Sept. 13-14 Fairway Club Invitational 85-74--159 (66th)
Sept. 25-26 John Dallio Memorial 76-73-81--230 (T31st)
Oct. 2-3 D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate 79-82-78--239 (T64th)
Nov. 1-2 Kiawah Island Intercollegiate 82-75-79--236 (T43rd)
Feb. 14-15 Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational 84-80--164 (72nd)
March 11-13 Pinehurst Intercollegiate 84-80-84--248 (88th)
March 28-29 Beu/Mussatto Invitational 78-75--156 (T28th)
April 4-5, 2011 Branson Creek Invitational 80-83-80--243 (T49th)
April 23-24 Boilermaker Invitational 80-DQ - Unsigned Scorecard

2009-10 Results
Date Tournament Score Place

Sept. 13-15 Fairway Club Invitational 80-79-77--236 (T58th)
Sept. 21-22 Jim Colbert Intercollegiate 85-85--170 (T53rd)
Oct. 11-12 D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate 81-80-77--238 (T69th)
Feb. 8-9 Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational 84-81--165 (66th)
March 29-30 Beu/Mussatto Invitational 72-81-79--232 (T24th)

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Sophomore

  • 2011-12Junior

  • 2012-13Senior